The first composition for the painting by I.E. Grabar “ february blue" - 4th grade.

February days are famous for severe snowstorms and strong winds. But there are also wonderful sunny days. One of these days the artist Grabar captured in his painting "February Blue".

On the foreground a slightly curved birch is depicted. It is covered with a thin layer of frost. Frost shimmers from the bright sun. It seems that pearl beads hang on the widely spread branches of the birch. A little behind there are many thin young birch trees, as if leading a round dance around the old birch. They are wearing the same luxurious clothes. All birch trees stand on a snow-white, sparkling from the sun, bedspread, slightly dropping bluish shadows on it. The old foliage on the tops of the birches seems to be fiery gold. The birch grove is shrouded in the warmth of sunlight, the approach of spring is felt.

From above, over a birch grove, a cloudless azure-blue sky stretched out. Closer to the horizon, it brightens.

On the horizon you can see a solid wall of dark forest. There, in the thicket of the forest, is still the realm of winter.

The picture is wonderful, made in light colors evokes joyful feelings. It is filled with the freshness of a sunny frosty day and the quick awakening of nature.

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The second composition for the painting by I.E. Grabar "February Blue" - 5th grade.

Azure- azure, azure, pale blue.
Pearl- mother-of-pearl.
Coral- bright red.
sapphire- blue-green.
Lilac- gentle, light purple.

Plan.

1. Introduction.
2. The main part.
a. sky
b. sun
in. snow
g. shadows
birch: trunk, branches
e. other birches
and. horizon
3. Conclusion. Impression.

The painting by I.E. Grabar “February Blue” depicts a frosty February morning. Everything around is filled with blue light. Sparkling snow shimmers under the sun. The birch trees are pierced by sunlight. This is a holiday of the azure sky and pearl birches, a holiday of nature itself.

A cloudless blue-azure sky, brightens towards the horizon and becomes sapphire. Despite the fact that it is still winter, the sun is already warming well. But there is a lot of snow. In the sun, pure snow casts a white-blue color. From the birches fall blue purple tint shadows. In the foreground is a tall birch. The trunk is not straight, but as if curved in a magical dance. It's dark underneath. The higher the trunk, the whiter it is. The branches are snow-white, covered with hoarfrost, which shines in the sun. At the very top of the birch, last year's foliage has been preserved. Covered with hoarfrost, in the sun it burns with a coral color. The artist looks at the birch from the bottom up, so its top and side branches are not fully depicted. Behind the old birch stands many young birches. They kind of dance around her. The pearl branches of the birches intertwined and a fancy lace turned out against the background of the azure sky. A narrow strip of forest darkens in the distance. If not for her, heaven and earth merged into one inseparable space.

Description of the painting by Grabar “February azure”

Description of the painting by Grabar “February azure”

I admire the painting by I.E. Grabar "February Blue". Frosty sunny morning. The sky, birches, snow still breathe cold freshness.

Huge azure sky. Around white-white. Shadows from birches fall on the snow. This makes it look blue.

In the foreground is a tall, slightly curved birch. She spread her branches wide like arms, a dancer in her dance.

In the middle ground there are many birches. It seems that they lead a round dance at the edge of the forest.

Visible in the distance Birch Grove. Like spectators admiring the dance, she stands at a distance and surrounds the edge of the forest. The picture is made in transparent azure-blue tones. Only in such colors can you convey the frosty breath of winter.

I like this picture because the artist depicted it very accurately and beautifully. It evokes a joyful and festive mood. As if you are there, by the birches and breathe in this frosty air.

Painting title: february blue

Exhibit place: permanent exhibition Tretyakov Gallery in Lavrushinsky lane, 10, hall 38

Igor Grabar. February azure. 1904 Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow

The artist created a picture under the direct impression of nature. Igor Grabar wrote his “February Blue” in the winter-spring of 1904, when he was visiting friends in the Moscow region. During one of their usual morning walks he was struck by the holiday of the awakening spring, and later, being already a venerable artist, he very vividly told the story of the creation of this canvas.

“I stood near a marvelous specimen of a birch, rare in the rhythmic structure of its branches. Glancing at her, I dropped my stick and bent down to pick it up. When I looked at the top of the birch from below, from the surface of the snow, I was stunned by the spectacle of fantastic beauty that opened before me: some kind of chimes and echoes of all the colors of the rainbow, united by the blue enamel of the sky. Nature seemed to be celebrating some unprecedented holiday of the azure sky, pearl birches, coral branches and sapphire shadows on lilac snow.“. It is not surprising that the artist passionately wanted to convey “ even a tenth of this beauty“.

I. Grabar admitted more than once that of all the trees in central Russia, he loves birch most of all, and among birches - its “weeping” variety. This time the artist quickly returned home for a canvas, and then in one session from nature sketched a sketch of the future painting. The next day, taking another canvas, he began to paint from the same place an etude, which was everyone's favorite "February Blue". Further on this picture I. Grabar he worked outdoors, in a deep trench, which he specially dug in the snow.

February blue (detail)

In the “February Blue” I. Grabar reached the limit of color saturation, he painted this landscape in pure color, applying strokes in a dense layer. It was precisely such tiny strokes that revealed the volumes of tree trunks, and patterns of branches, and snow bumps. The low point of view opened up the opportunity for the artist to convey all the gradations blue color- from light green below to ultramarine above.

Grabar. february blue

Igor Grabar, having mastered the best achievements of impressionism, found his art style in art - unique and original. The nature of Russia acquired a completely new look in his landscapes, sparkled with iridescent colors, filled with a sense of spaciousness and light. In this regard, Grabar continued and developed the beginnings that appeared in the work of I. Levitan, V. Serov, K. Korovin and other outstanding Russian landscape painters.

Biography of Igor Grabar

Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar was born on March 13, 1871 in Budapest, in the family of a Russian public figure E. I. Grabar. In 1876, his parents, who were among the supporters of the Slavic liberation movement, moved to Russia.

Igor's childhood was not easy. The boy was often separated from his parents, remaining in the care of strangers. From childhood, he dreamed of painting, tried to be closer to artistic circles, visited all exhibitions, studied the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery.

From 1882 to 1989, Grabar studied at the Moscow Lyceum, and from 1889 to 1895 at St. Petersburg University at once at two faculties - legal and historical-philological. After graduating from university, he entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.

In 1895, he studied at the workshop of Ilya Repin, where Malyavin, Bilibin and Somov studied at the same time.

Summer 1895 during the holidays, Grabar travels around Europe, visits Berlin, Paris, Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples.

Returning to Russia in 1901, the artist was again shocked by the beauty of Russian nature. He is fascinated by the beauty of the Russian winter, admired by the "grace" and "magnetism" of the magical birch tree. His admiration for Russia after a long separation was expressed in the paintings: "White Winter", "February Blue", "March Snow" and many others.

In 1910-1923, he moved away from painting and became interested in architecture, art history, museum activities, and the protection of monuments.

He conceives and implements the publication of the first "History of Russian Art" in six volumes, writes the most important sections for it, publishes monographs about Isaac Levitan and Valentin Serov. Igor Grabar also published other art publications.

In the period from 1913 to 1925, the artist heads Tretyakov Gallery. Here Grabar made a re-exposition, placing and systematizing all works of art in historical sequence. In 1917 he published a catalog of the gallery, which is of considerable scholarly value.

Igor Emmanuilovich is one of the founders of museology, restoration and protection of art and antiquity monuments. In 1918 the artist created the Central Restoration Workshop. He helped save many works ancient Russian art and the result of the work carried out by the workshops was the discovery of numerous outstanding monuments of ancient Russian art - icons and frescoes in Novgorod, Pskov, Vladimir and other cities.

From 1924 until the end of the 1940s, Grabar returned to painting again, Special attention devotes to the portrait, depicting his loved ones, scientists and musicians. Among his famous portraits"Portrait of a Mother", "Svetlana", "Portrait of a Daughter Against the Background of a Winter Landscape", "Portrait of a Son", "Portrait of Academician S. A. Chaplygin". Two self-portraits of the artist "Self-portrait with a palette", "Self-portrait in a fur coat" are also widely known.

AT Soviet time Grabar became interested in the work of Andrei Rublev and I. E. Repin. In 1937 he created a two-volume monograph "Repin". This work brought Grabar the Stalin Prize. Since 1944, Grabar was director of the Institute of Art History of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

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1. Organizational moment.

2. Announcement of the topic of the lesson.

3. Biography of the artist.

Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar (1871-1960). Born in Budapest, in the family of a Russian public figure. In 1876 his parents moved to Russia. Igor's childhood was not easy. The boy was often separated from his parents, remaining in the care of strangers. From childhood, he dreamed of painting, trying to be closer to artistic circles, visited all exhibitions, studied the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery.

From 1882 to 1889, Grabar studied at the Moscow Lyceum, and from 1889 to 1895 at St. Petersburg University at once at two faculties - law and history and philology. Then he entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, studied in the workshop of Ilya Repin.

On holidays, he travels a lot around Europe: Berlin, Paris, Venice, Rome, Naples.

Returning to Russia, he was shocked by the beauty of Russian nature. His admiration for Russia after a long separation was expressed in the paintings: “White Winter”, “February Blue”, “March Snow” and many others.

4. Viewing the artist's paintings.

“September Snow”, “Rook's Nest”, “Sunrise”, “Winter Morning”, “Winter Evening”, “March Snow”, “March”, “February Blue”.

5. History of the painting.

“I was standing near a marvelous specimen of a birch, rare in the rhythmic structure of its branches. Glancing at her, I dropped my stick and bent down to pick it up. When I looked at the top of the birch from below, from the surface of the snow, I was stunned by the spectacle of fantastic beauty that opened before me: some kind of chimes and echoes of all the colors of the rainbow, united by the blue enamel of the sky. Nature seemed to be celebrating some unprecedented holiday of the azure sky, pearl birches, coral branches and sapphire shadows on lilac snow.

It is not surprising that the artist passionately wanted to convey "at least a tenth of this beauty."

6. What is the description?

Description is a type of speech with which you can present an object, characterizing it from different angles.

7. What is a landscape?

A landscape is an image of a painting.

8. Conversation with the class.

Why is the painting called "February Blue"?

What is the main palette of the painting?

Why are white and blue colors used by the artist?

9. Access to the dictionary.

A) light blue. Pale as a lily in the blue of cornflowers. (Batyushkov)

B) the color of the sky, the sea. Under it, a stream of lighter azure. (Lermontov)

B) sky blue Above me, in a clear azure, a single star shines. (Pushkin)

D) light blue paint. Prussian blue.

10. Conversation with the class.

What is in the foreground of the picture?

What is the birch a symbol of?

What do you feel when you look at Grabar's painting "February Blue"?

What emotions does the birch painted by the artist in the foreground evoke in you?

Consider the sky, are there any clouds on it?

How does the color of the sky change towards the horizon?

Consider snow. Does its color change in sun and shade?

What colors does the artist use? Why?

Pick up a dictionary of colors and shades for the picture.

11. Image subjects.

Sky: up on the horizon.

Snow: in the sun, in the shade.

Birch: trunk, branches.

12. Words are helpers.

Sky: azure, blue, blue, bottomless.

Snow: snow-white, pearl, azure.

Snow: sparkle, sparkle, sparkle, shine.

13. Synonyms - helpers.

The artist - depicted, painted, created a picture.

Painting - landscape, canvas, reproduction.

Birch is a Russian beauty, a symbol of Russian forests.

14. Expressions are helpers.

The artist's love for depicting the joyful state of nature.

Festival of light.

Admiration for the Russian beauty.

Pearl shimmers of white and blue.

Lace weave of branches.

Azure sky.

Premonition of spring.

15. An example of an essay-description.

Before me is a reproduction of the most beautiful painting by Grabar "February Blue". Everything in it is simple and incomparable. An amazing February day is depicted. Frosty and sunny. The weather was favorable. The sky is clear. It is azure and dazzling blue. It is light blue near the horizon, and blue above, and this blue goes to infinity. Snow sparkles, sparkles. It is lilac in the sun and blue in the shade.

In the foreground is a branched beauty birch. Its trunk is pearly white, and the branches and last year's foliage at the top are red-brown. Other birch trees are ordinary, they are less majestic. In the background, along the horizon line, you can see a bush stretching like a solid wall, also red-brown in color.

The artist conveyed the beauty of nature on his canvas. At the first meeting with the picture, the blue radiance coming from it strikes. Helped to convey the fantastic beauty of the blue color, the main color of the picture. In nature, everything is buried in azure light, which is why the painting is called “February Blue”.

This landscape evokes a joyful and festive mood. I would like to visit here and see everything with my own eyes.

16. Plan of composition.

• The author of the picture is I.E. Grabar.
• The time of year depicted in the picture.
• Author Image Items:
  • birch in the foreground (its structure, color of the trunk, branches)
  • trees in the background
• Image of the sky, snow near the trees.
• What mood does the painting evoke?

17. Homework.

Using the material of the lesson, write an essay-description based on the painting by I.E Grabar “February Blue”.

1. Intro: Winter in Russia
2. "February Blue": description
3. My impressions of the painting
4. Conclusion: Why did I like it?

Essay-description of the picture (for grade 5)

Mini essay-description "February azure" Grabar

Many people don't like winter. Wind, cold, snow drifts make them sad and sick. However, there is something majestic and beautiful in this harsh time. It is not for nothing that Russian frosts have become a symbol of Russia and its amulet, because it was they who from century to century scared away our enemies. Unfortunately, every day we see only the inconvenience that winter brings us. But artists see it differently. A striking example is Grabar's landscape "February Blue".

Description of Grabar's painting "February Blue" can be put in a couple of lines. The artist painted several snow-covered birches in the background blue sky. The trees are stuck in the snow. Behind them is a forest. Judging by the color, spruces and pines grow there. That's all that is shown there. But what feelings does it evoke in the viewer? Personally, I felt a sense of pride in the beauty native land. The artist conveyed the very time when the first rays of the sun appear, heralding spring. There are still snows, frosts are still driving away from the street, but the dazzling sun is already driving away melancholy and promises warmth. If you look at the sky, you can see the same blue color that is so popular in summer. The birches no longer lean to the side under the weight of the snow, they straighten up and reach for the light. Such a landscape brings a smile and hope for the imminent arrival of spring. At such moments, the beauty of our great homeland becomes more noticeable, and the artists feel it. Therefore, they draw, at first glance, simple plots, but they choose such a season and time of day that ordinary birch trees are transformed and become symbols of our nature. She is as honest, modest and open as this picture. These crooked trunks, dense forests and endless expanses are very dear to our hearts.

painting by Grabar "February azure"

I liked this picture because it is sunny and bright. The artist very faithfully conveyed all the colors of the February sky, which were also reflected in the snow. Therefore, although it depicts winter, it looks like spring. It radiates warmth, which is so lacking now on the street.

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